Chapter 44 Alice was impably dressed , ending elegance down to her 200 thousand dor handtop .


    Around her stood several senior technical experts from Lambert Group .


    Their gates toward her carried both admiration and respect .


    Most of these tech leads were in their mid j?n , and ama slightly younger omnes , many harbored feelings for Alice .


    ? quickly spotted Grace and curved her lips into a smile .


    Grace , youre staying here too ? The tech leads were familiar with Grace.


    After all , the two had faced off in a live stream before .


    Now , their expressions were filled with undisguised disdain .


    sedl have time to hang around , Mts Grace ? Have those go thousand orders been shipped yet? ! Teah , some people aplish nothing while Ms.


    Alice here has already led banan dor projects at b belt a yo That werent that ve stream , I woukit have even kosman she was the Lambert familys oldest daughter .


    Their taughter rang out , dripping with mockery .


    Alsce quickly intervened saying Enmagh , dont say that Youre all inquity employees , and my sister is technically yotir superior .


    Someone scoffed .


    Does she even own any shares in thepany ? Alice hesitated before carefully responding .


    Mom and Dad will give thein to her sooner orter .


    In that case , shes not our mperior .


    More Laughter followed .


    Alice turned to Grace and gently conndested her , Grace , dont take it to heart .


    Theyre all tech experts and blunt by mature .


    I hope you wont mind .


    In anypany , senior tech leach were scour strength .


    They stayed out of power struggles , but their loyalty could make or break an executives position .


    Winning them over meant curing ones foothold Right now , Alice had clearly integrated herself into their circle .


    Even this small agricultural le strm project had them these tech experts .


    It was obvious that Alicemanded real authority at Lambert Group .


    ly following her lead .


    And thepany had more than Grace had no interest in wasting her time on these trivialities and turned to leave , But the tech leads werent having iL They were highly respected in thepany , so how dare the so called eldest daughter of the Lambert family walk away without even acknowledging them ? the she not mualice they could make her life miserable if they wanted to Ms.


    Grace , whats that supposed to mean ? You look down on us ? Grace paused mid step , impatience shing in her eyes .


    And what id i do ? the videoilly .


    A bunch of grown men are standing around gossiping about a young woman .


    Does that make you feel powerful ? Youre so used to being dattered at work that youvepletely lost touch with reality , havent you ? 1 have no conflicts of interest with any of you , but to me , youre just a bunch of smiNG .


    gowany middle aged mum .


    Do I owe you my respect Smug and greary .


    The words hit like a p to the face , unuitantly igniting their fury .


    You ? Even your father , Quentin , has to treat us with respect .


    Who do you think you are ? Grace smirked .


    If my father really treats you with such deference , I wonder how hed feat knowing you all a groveling at his daughters feet behind his back .


    It might make him a little ufortable , dont you think ? I mean , hes not even out of the top seat yet .


    Their faces turned sed , then pale .


    The truth behind their attitude toward Alice was simple .


    First , she was ) Minul .


    Second , she was a Lansbert .


    Andishicd , her own abdüries were nothing to i man would still be interested in their weary , apng wide waining at home ? At their age , most of them had stay at home wires .


    But men had their weaknesses by nature .


    Faced with someone like Alice young , attractive , and impably put together which m So nutudally , they tonated Alica with eventos e admiration .


    edtothank you only slipped up ind i cloth , exposing theing filth underneath .


    only to run straight into Yancey as he walked in .


    His expression dickened further , and he had deadly heard everything .


    that your words got twisted , but I didnt expect you to be spreading lies about Alice in person too .


    What exactly were you implying post How ? Are you saying she has something improper going on wird diese men ? How vile can you be ? Shes your sister ! Who nders their own sister like this ? Grace was speechleus .


    When had she ever said Alice was involved with them ? All she pointed out was that those men?vatitinde toward Alice was inappropstate .


    That was an enthiely different Tateny was clearly great at twisting her words pointless algements she still had over to thom ve a thousand andern waiting to be processed de initiuedairly yanked spent the rar door , trady to get in .


    There was no time for Buibore she could get in .


    Yatory cralded her wt , his anger builing over .


    And then you allowed Ale all the way to south without a word just so you could wear her sings people are saying about her nadine me ? No wonder even your own little brother took side .


    How is he supposed to hold his head up in public dini for year , kang before Allor mei came into the pictu?o .


    Alize hatonly reformentis the Lambert family five years ago .


    Aralyet Liam deed on her unconditkamally now .